Hair curler



A. A. WEST.

HAIR CURLER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 29.'19I9.

Patented Jan. 3, 1922.

INVENTOB A. Wesf A TTOH/VEY PfaTEflT AUGUSTUS ALBERT VEST, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO MAGIC HAIR CURLER 00., 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENN$YLVANIA,

SYLVA'NIA.

A CORPORATION or rami- HAIR CURLER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J! an. 3, 1922.

Application filed March 29, 1919. Serial No. 286,049.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUeUsrUs ALBERT Wnsr, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the county of Philadelphia, city of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hair Curlers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in hair curlers and the principal object of the invention resides in the provision of a device for use in the curling or waving of human hair to render the same ornamental.

It is well known that curlers of the same general type, to be described in detail in the following, have been in use for some time past but have proven faulty owing to the fact that the stiffening elements will eventually work through the coverings so as to cause discomfort and frequently injury to the head of the user. It'hasbeen found that the hair has often been broken or otherwise injured by contact with the protruding stiffening elements and as another object, the invention contemplates the complete inclosing or encasing of the stiffening elements to prevent their contact with the hair in any manner. 7

The following is what I consider a good means of carrying out this invention and the accompanying drawings should be referred to for a complete understanding of the specification which follows:

In the drawings Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a curler constructed in accordance with this invention and illustrating the same prior to the attaching of the end protecting and bind ing tape.

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Figure 1 illustrating the end protecting tape being positioned on the curler.

Fig. 3 is a view showing the binding tape in the act of being applied and F ig. 1 is a side view of the curler after completion and showing a portion broken away to more clearly illustrate the detail of construction.

Similar reference numerals indicate like parts in all of the figures where they apear.

p Referring to the drawings in detail the numeral 1 designates the stiffening elements of the strands from which the curler is formed. Each stiflening element is preferably formed from ductile steel wire and is encased in a woven or other ty e of fabric tube 2. This fabric tube is inclbsed in an outer fabric tube 3 which forms the cover for the device which engages the hair. It will be noted that the wire 1 is considerably smaller in diameter than the tubes or covers 2 and 3 and that such construction permits the tubes or covers to be readily compressed so as to form, a cushion around each wire which will prevent injury to the head and hair of the user.

In the construction of the device, two covered strands are twisted together as shown in the drawings and are cut ofi to the desired length. This will leave the ends of wires 1 exposed and due to the loose nature of the covering it may he slid back so that the ends will not only be exposed but will protrude beyond the ends of the covering and leave the ends of the wire free to cut strands of or otherwise injure the hair and scalp. In order to avoid such exposure of the wires and consequent injury I prepare a piece of tape d by applying an adhesive to one side thereof, then securing one end of said tape to one side of the curler and bending the same over the end of the curler and securing it to the opposite side thereof. In this way it will be evident that the coverings will be held against longitudinal movement on the wire and the ends of the wire will be completely covered to prevent contact with the hair or scalp of the user.

In order to further secure the coverings against inconvenience and to bind the whole together, I provide a binding tape 5 which has one .side covered with adhesive, and this tape is wound around the curler adjacent its end in such a manner as to embrace the ends of the coverings 2 and 3 as well as the ends of the tape 4E and bind the whole together.

From the foregoing it will be evident that injury to the hair or head of the user will be eliminated as the ends of the stiffening elements or wires are completely covered by the tape 4: which not only encloses the wires 1 but prevents the covers 2 and 3 from slipping back away from the ends of said wires and allowing them to protrude beyond said covers.

What I claim is:

A hair curler comprising a pair of stifi'ening elements, covers surrounding each of said stiffening elements, means, comprising a piece of tape having one side thereof, covered with an adhesive substance, adapted to be passed over the ends of the stiil'ening elements to enclose-the same and to prevent the covers from slipping away from said 

